Project Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has consistently been associated with increased risk for cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia in the elderly. Even minor cognitive impairments in nondemented individuals dramatically affect disease self-management. This, in turn, is associated with poor glycemic and blood pressure control in diabetes, which by themselves increase the risk of dementia, provoking a reinforcing cycle of disease. Thus, it is imperative to find interventions to delay or prevent cognitive compromise in diabetic patients, that can be relatively easily and rapidly implemented, and that are not cost prohibitive. This is especially true in the VA, in view of the high incidence of both diabetes and dementia in the growing population of elderly Veterans.